Mountain Patrol Military Officer
Chapter 164 - 153: Desolate Mountain Temple Elements Come Alive (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 164: Chapter 153: Desolate Mountain Temple Elements Come Alive (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Night,

Great rain,

A dilapidated temple.

The rickety windows made a clapping sound in the wind and rain, as the oblique rain poured in.

Inside came fragmented sounds.

"Woo woo"

"Humph"

"..."

Rustling, like the sound of something being gnawed upon whole.

Within the ruined temple, flickering flames crackled.

Through the broken windows, one could see on the half-lit wall shadowy figures with fierce and ferocious silhouettes. Their wide-open mouths with sharp teeth, still pulling at threads of saliva.

Some with pig heads and pointy ears, some with horns growing from their heads, and some with long pointed tongues...

It was clearly visible that around the fire sat demons of various shapes and sizes, voraciously tearing into chunks of golden meat.

There was a two zhang tall black bear, seated with its bottom down, head pushing against broken tiles, holding meat in both hands;

A cat demon with pointy ears, a human body and feline face, leisurely embracing a chunk of meat, chewing while making "meow meow" sounds.

And there was a creature with a human face and pig body, its body covered with hard black bristles like spikes, its mouth with two sharp tusks, tearing at golden pieces of meat while making sniffing noises.

Also, a chubby beaver, a green bird...

Twelve demons, at this moment, appeared as hungry as they’d ever been, with only the sounds of mouths tearing meat filling the air.

And in the middle, on the fire, roasted a huge piece of meat weighing several hundred pounds, dripping with golden fat sizzling invitingly, exuding an aromatic scent that lingered in the temple.

A figure sat atop a large gray bear at the back, one leg crossed, the other bracing on the ground, holding a piece of meat weighing over a dozen pounds, feasting even faster than the demons.

This person was Chen Yuan, who had left Tianxiong Pass!

After leaving Heavenly Fragrance Building, he had been rushing towards Jingguan City, and on this stormy night, he recalled the Contracted Demons in the Heaven Pot Sleeve becoming restless. Since leaving White Emperor City, he had not let these creatures out.

Conveniently, after a day’s journey, he was tired, so he roasted a piece of Heavenly Pass Demon Blood Meat, as a treat for the little ones who had followed him all the way.

With Heavenly Pass Demon Blood Meat, these creatures ate cheerfully, and their capacity for food exceeded by no small margin that of martial artists of the Human Clan at the same realm; they were demons after all, able to better and more quickly absorb the essence qi from the blood and flesh.

Meanwhile, Chen Yuan slowly revisited his gains and losses while at Tianxiong Pass.

Suppressing the rebellion, his Taoist Soldier entered the Extreme Domain, he achieved the Demon Transformation, his body condensed the Golden Scale Armor, and he reaped a great fortune of resources.

Now, with the resources in Chen Yuan’s hands, he could assemble an army of ten thousand in a short period of time.

Those were the gains. As for the losses, Chen Yuan remembered a pleasant conversation he had with the Princess of Loulan the previous night, through which he had her gather intelligence for him.

Mainly about two families!

The Beiliang Prefecture and the Central Plains Li Family.

In suppressing the rebellion within the Three Families, two were related to the guests of the Beiliang Royal Mansion and the Central Plains Li Family.

Both were behemoths; one concerning the Royal Beiliang Mansion, the other a Third-rank Sima Family.

Especially the Central Plains Li Family, as Tianxiong Pass Li Family, being a branch of the Central Plains Li Family, was flattened by the troops Chen Yuan personally led, and he even killed the House Servant they sent.

In summary, it is best to be cautious and ever watchful.

Chen Yuan collected his thoughts, then his ears twitched, and his eyes glittered with broken gold light, flickering slightly as he looked to the left.

Beyond the temple wall, through the wind-swept forest in the dark night, far and near, a massive shadow swept rapidly from afar, then stopped on a large tree branch, a pair of dark green eyes staring dead at the direction of the ruined temple, the nose twitching incessantly, drool flowing between the fierce fangs.

It was unmistakably a Leopard Demon, four zhang long, with yellow skin and black spots, its body streamlined, at the peak of Perfect Qi Cultivation.

Attracted by the rich fragrance of Heavenly Pass Demon Blood Meat.

Despite the torrential rain in the world, the rich aroma of the flesh still wafted far away.

However, this Leopard Demon, with a pair of dark green eyes sparkling with a humanized doubt, uttered a deep voice from its throat, but kept watching.

That direction held an aroma that stirred a deep longing in its bones, as well as a sense of danger stemming from its animal instincts.

Chen Yuan took all of this in with a glance, and was about to call his little follower to casually dispose of it, but at the next moment, he raised his eyebrows and involuntarily looked over to the right.

Two miles away on the mountain path, several carriages were coming this way.

In the pouring rain, on the rough and wet mountain roads, the horses’ hooves occasionally slipped, neighing, followed by human voices.

"There’s firelight over there!"

Then, those several carriages headed towards the direction of the broken temple.

Chen Yuan withdrew his gaze,

Great!

Forests, heavy rain, wild temples, demons, living people, all elements of wild mountain tales were buzzing with life.

He noticed that the Leopard Demon also noticed the living people, but made no move.

Chen Yuan beckoned and with a sweep of his sleeve, all the demons, blood, and flesh were collected into his cuff.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the sound of horse neighing came from outside the broken temple, followed by the creaking of carriage wheels.

"Creak"

"Creak"

The sound was getting closer!

Then came the noise of people.

"Master, be careful!"

"Miss, take it slow!"

"Young Master Yun, you..."

"Move aside, I’m going to scout ahead!"

An impatient voice was heard, and the already shaky door was blown open by a gust of wind.

Following that, a man in black clothes, with white bands wrapped around his hands, and a long sword hanging from his waist, entered.

The man had almond-shaped eyes and was about twenty-three or four years old. Upon entering, he saw Chen Yuan, seated in the broken temple, leaning against the Taoist Platform with his eyes closed, took a quick look from top to bottom, and didn’t discern anything special.

"Come in."

Then, more than ten people filed in from outside.

Leading the way were two burly men with big arms and round waists, standing next to the man in black and shouting,

"Young Master!"

Behind them, a group of people entered in succession.

The first one to catch the eye was a middle-aged man in a green landlord robe, coughing with his hand over his mouth, temples slightly graying, wrinkles at the corner of his eyes, and clean-shaven.

Beside him, a young woman, wearing a light pink gossamer skirt, cherry lips, phoenix eyes, and willow eyebrows, exuded a gentle and serene temperament.

The five or six people behind them looked like servants, who immediately started to make a fire in haste upon entering.

The middle-aged man with graying temples, unlike the man in black who had entered earlier, coughed upon seeing someone inside the temple.

"We’ve been delayed by the rain and will take shelter in this temple for the night; we apologize for disturbing this young man!"

"No trouble at all, this wild temple on the desolate mountain is ownerless; please make yourselves at home."

Chen Yuan did not open his eyes and casually replied.

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